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Dan Vadas reacted to Old Collingwood in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 27, 2019

Very fine work.

OC.
Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 30, 2019

The two air intakes needed careful assembly. I did most of the work on a piece of MDF with double-sided tape attached to make it easier (read POSSIBLE ) to put them together :

This is the skin that covers the transmission. It has an internal skin as well :

The next skin forward has two 90 degree tubes fitted to it. They need to be fitted to the skin before it's fitted :

Danny
Dan Vadas reacted to Old Collingwood in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 24, 2019

Superb work of a beast of a helicopter, I was lucky years back to see a couple in the flesh flying at an airshow - what a helicopter.

OC.
Dan Vadas reacted to popeye the sailor in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 24, 2019

looks fantastic Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 30, 2019

I thought it would be a good idea to fit the two canopies to protect the cabins from damage. I'm using the preformed canopies, but they still need quite a bit of work in cutting them.

The kit actually supplies two sets of canopy braces as they are easily damaged when cutting and fitting them. I didn't need the 2nd ones :

I glued the bracing to the canopies with PVA, let it set, and then wicked some Plastic Super Glue along the edges. Everything held very well :

I'm displaying the model with opened doors to show as much interior detail as possible :

This HUD took me over a day to make :

The gunner's canopy fitted :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 30, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 30, 2019

I thought it would be a good idea to fit the two canopies to protect the cabins from damage. I'm using the preformed canopies, but they still need quite a bit of work in cutting them.

The kit actually supplies two sets of canopy braces as they are easily damaged when cutting and fitting them. I didn't need the 2nd ones :

I glued the bracing to the canopies with PVA, let it set, and then wicked some Plastic Super Glue along the edges. Everything held very well :

I'm displaying the model with opened doors to show as much interior detail as possible :

This HUD took me over a day to make :

The gunner's canopy fitted :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 30, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from Canute in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 24, 2019

I thought it would be a good idea to fit the two canopies to protect the cabins from damage. I'm using the preformed canopies, but they still need quite a bit of work in cutting them.

The kit actually supplies two sets of canopy braces as they are easily damaged when cutting and fitting them. I didn't need the 2nd ones :

I glued the bracing to the canopies with PVA, let it set, and then wicked some Plastic Super Glue along the edges. Everything held very well :

I'm displaying the model with opened doors to show as much interior detail as possible :

This HUD took me over a day to make :

The gunner's canopy fitted :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 30, 2019

Thanks guys . Popeye - the inner skin is only on those sections where the interior is visible, The other sections only have the 1mm thick framing to glue to.

Next we move to the forward landing gear bay :

The next section of framing :

Now I'm starting with the outer skins. The framing needs very careful fairing, as there is absolutely NO margin for error. Lots of dry fitting after shaping each skin was required :

The joins between sections of skin have a separate joining strip which is glued to the inner face of the skin so they line up without a step. The laser-cut frames have a recess in them to allow for this strip. These also need to be carefully faired :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from hof00 in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 28, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 23, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 23, 2019

I thought it would be a good idea to fit the two canopies to protect the cabins from damage. I'm using the preformed canopies, but they still need quite a bit of work in cutting them.

The kit actually supplies two sets of canopy braces as they are easily damaged when cutting and fitting them. I didn't need the 2nd ones :

I glued the bracing to the canopies with PVA, let it set, and then wicked some Plastic Super Glue along the edges. Everything held very well :

I'm displaying the model with opened doors to show as much interior detail as possible :

This HUD took me over a day to make :

The gunner's canopy fitted :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from lmagna in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 23, 2019

Thanks guys . Popeye - the inner skin is only on those sections where the interior is visible, The other sections only have the 1mm thick framing to glue to.

Next we move to the forward landing gear bay :

The next section of framing :

Now I'm starting with the outer skins. The framing needs very careful fairing, as there is absolutely NO margin for error. Lots of dry fitting after shaping each skin was required :

The joins between sections of skin have a separate joining strip which is glued to the inner face of the skin so they line up without a step. The laser-cut frames have a recess in them to allow for this strip. These also need to be carefully faired :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 22, 2019

Thanks for the very timely link OC, I'm at that very stage with my model and couldn't work out where a couple of pieces went. The pics clarified it for me .

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from lmagna in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 23, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas reacted to hexnut in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 22, 2019

What a magnificent beast! Love the details! I remember making a little 1/72 plastic one years back in Hungarian air show display livery...
Dan Vadas reacted to druxey in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 22, 2019

Extraordinary paper engineering, Danny!
Dan Vadas reacted to gjdale in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 22, 2019

Superb work Danny. The kit may be a good one, but it takes a true master to realise its full potential and you are doing just that.
Dan Vadas got a reaction from dvm27 in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 23, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 23, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from marktiedens in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 22, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from Landrotten Highlander in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 22, 2019

Thanks Ab, and I agree with your opinion of the kit. I've made a couple of other Halinskis and this one is by far the most detailed .

Both the canopies fitted. I'll fit the doors near the end of the build as they can be easily knocked off in the open position (the hinges are "non-working") :

The next section of skin fitted. These skins are REALLY tight - you have to be spot-on with the framing fairing as the piece wraps around from from top-left to top-right in one piece :

I did a bit of plumbing in the transmission bay using brass wire painted (mostly) in-situ with artist's acrylics :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from lmagna in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 23, 2019

I thought it would be a good idea to fit the two canopies to protect the cabins from damage. I'm using the preformed canopies, but they still need quite a bit of work in cutting them.

The kit actually supplies two sets of canopy braces as they are easily damaged when cutting and fitting them. I didn't need the 2nd ones :

I glued the bracing to the canopies with PVA, let it set, and then wicked some Plastic Super Glue along the edges. Everything held very well :

I'm displaying the model with opened doors to show as much interior detail as possible :

This HUD took me over a day to make :

The gunner's canopy fitted :

Danny
Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Mi24D Hind by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD - Russian Attack Helicopter June 22, 2019

Thanks guys . Popeye - the inner skin is only on those sections where the interior is visible, The other sections only have the 1mm thick framing to glue to.

Next we move to the forward landing gear bay :

The next section of framing :

Now I'm starting with the outer skins. The framing needs very careful fairing, as there is absolutely NO margin for error. Lots of dry fitting after shaping each skin was required :

The joins between sections of skin have a separate joining strip which is glued to the inner face of the skin so they line up without a step. The laser-cut frames have a recess in them to allow for this strip. These also need to be carefully faired :

Danny

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